Role Model Quotes That Are Inspirational to Encourage You to Be the Best Role Model Possible

I know I’m never going to be one of those size 2 actresses – that’s just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes.

I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does – they are there to talk to and lead by example – would be my mom, but she wasn’t a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.

If your kid needs a role model and you ain’t it, you’re both fucked.

I don’t apply [being a role model] to the choices I make. I feel like a role model is not necessarily someone you want to imitate, just someone you admire.

I was given such a great gift. It’s a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I’ll be. I just want to be a better man.

I just did a spread in ‘Maxim’, I’m 35 years old. I’ve had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I’m still considered a role model.

I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.

The thing is, Steve’s a great role model, and he won’t sit there and tell you that.

To me, I don’t think it does anybody any good to just hide something or cover it up or lie or whatever. I think … that’s what being a role model is all about. It’s not about being perfect. It’s about speaking about your issues and inspiring others to get help.

I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.

Kim Kardashian is a kind of archetype. But she owns her beauty and is tremendously successful. There’s no tragedy, there’s no drug story. There’s just her and her fame and her beauty. But Anna Nicole created that template of somebody that you’d want to watch on reality TV. Somebody that you’d want to invite into your home or as a role model, in terms of beauty and lifestyle and glamour.

I also have a role model back in New Zealand, a woman called Miranda Harcourt. She’s an actress and a writer. Her willingness to stay open to material is really great. I read a lot, and I try to watch and listen to diverse material.

I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

I think if you ask people why they watch me, there would be some common thread among all of them that I’m somewhat of an awkward older sister. I have a teen, mostly female demographic. How that happened, I don’t know. But I think they see me as some sort of bizarre role model, and I’ll keep trying to do that for them.

I’m aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn’t disregard that. It’s a privilege.

Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, what a player! Top class and a great role model for any young English midfield player!

I don’t want to be anyone’s role model. My role models were assholes. My role models are dead. My role models never made it to 30, so I’m a bad person to ask for advice.

I’ve changed for the better. I’m much more selfless and humble and you’re reminded about what lifes really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.

My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.

If, by the way I play, I can be a role model or encourage someone else, that would be great.

Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don’t like to read, how you choose what you read. Let them see you reading.

My biggest role model right now is Beyonce, just ’cause she is a very, very strong, powerful woman, and that’s obviously the number one reason to be inspired by her. She is just killing every game there is to kill.

I think what people love about the Steve Jobs story is not just the track record at Apple, but that comeback story, that he was thrown out of Apple, came back and built the company even greater. And that perseverance is so important in terms of entrepreneurship. And nobody is a better role model for that, for all entrepreneurs all over the world than Steve Jobs.

If I were to be a role model, it would just come out of going the college route, getting training, and trusting that’s the most secure path you can take – a path where a degree is involved. You know you went to college, and you have that under your belt.

I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously.